linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] sysctl: lockdep support for sysctl reference counting.

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Message-ID: <m1y6umcc4e.fsf@fess.ebiederm.org>
Date:	Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:47:29 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, mingo@...e.hu,
	jbeulich@...ell.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
	hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ego@...ibm.com,
	adobriyan@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] sysctl:  lockdep support for sysctl reference counting.

Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> writes:

> On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 15:26 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> So I merged these two patches.  I designated them as to-be-merged via
>> Alexey, with a Cc:Peter (IOW: wakey wakey ;))
>
> Ah, I was under the impression they weren't quite finished yet,
> apparently I was mistaken.
>
> Eric, didn't you need recursive locks fixed and such?

In theory.  In practice I removed the one case that could legitimately
recurse.

> Let me have a look at them.
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